08.03.18 Winter Park/Maitland Observer

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WINTER PARK/MAITLAND

Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

VOLUME 30, NO. 31

Winter Park Lost Pets hits milestone

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COMING SOON:

Candidates stump at chamber mingle SEE 3. •

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018

The Winter Park Institute will feature five speakers SEE PAGE 6.

The community service has reunited 1,700 pets in its nine-year history. TIM FREED

The listening ear

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

It all started with a Yorkie named Lucy. The canine companion had squeezed her way under a fence behind her Winter Park home, and it wasn’t long before she was picked up in the front SEE LOST PAGE 4

Diane Goldsmith has spent 19 years helping grieving children at New Hope for Kids in Maitland. She recently was recognized by the National Alliance For Grieving Children for her work.

YOUR TOWN MATTRESS FIRM COLLECTING SUPPLIES

SEE STORY PAGE 4

The Florida Department of Children and Families is teaming up with the Ticket to Dream Foundation to encourage community members and local businesses to collect school supplies for children in foster care. The foundation, through the Mattress Firm Foster Kids program will have school supply drop-off sites at all Florida Mattress Firm locations. The Winter Park location is located at 349 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 1.

Harry Sayer

REAL ESTATE

Diane Goldsmith recently won a national award for her work with New Hope For Kids.

Attention volunteers: Nonprofits need you Sixteen organizations will be available at the Winter Park Public Library’s Community Volunteering Fair. HARRY SAYER BLACK TIE REPORTER

See the largest residential real-estate sales in Winter Park and Maitland in our exclusive transactions roundup. PAGE 9.

If you’re looking for some community service hours, or you’re looking for a hand with your nonprofit, you’re in luck: The Winter Park Public Library’s third Com-

munity Volunteer Fair is right around the corner. “The (original) idea was to bring together the local nonprofits that are in need of volunteers and have them find matches with people in SEE HELPING PAGE 2


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